Tool



F. H. HILLIARD,

TooL. APPLICATION Ellen 1AN.2, `1'920. 1,377,348. Patented May 10, 1921.

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EEANK IIARGEEAVES ITILLIAED, E FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, AssIGNoE '0EoIvE-IIALE To HARMAN I.. SMITII, 0E FITZGERALD, GEORGIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

rasanten May Io, i921.

Application led January 2, 19,20. Serial No. 348,834.

lthe following is a specification.

My inventioii is an improvement in tools, and has for its object toprovide a tool especially adapted for use with motor vehicles,

` wherein a blade is provided-having a handle provided with an offsetportion, forming a stop, for permitting` the tool to be used as a jackpedal,k the blade being adapted for moving dirt, or the like, andhaving'openings of polygonal outlines to permit the tool to be used as awrench, the handle or blade serving also to assist in the removal orreplacement of a tire. n Y

In the drawings:

Figure l is a side view showing the tool in use as a ack pedal,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing its use as Y a wrench, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe improved tool.

In the present embodiment of the invention,ftlieV improved toolcomprises a blade l and a handle 2, which has .the free end thereofoffset laterally from the plane of the blade and handle asV shown at 3to form a stop l at the junction of the oii'set portion with the bodyofthehandle. n

Referring to Fig. 3 it will be seen that the handle or'shank of the toolis gradually reduced from the blade to the free end, and

that the edge of the blade remote from the handle is beveled as shown at5, to provide a scraping or cutting edge. The blade has a series ofopenings 6 of diil'erent size, and polygonal in outline, as for instancehexa-V gonal, for engaging the nuts, the tool thus serving as a wrench.

In use as a. jack pedal', the offset portion 3 of the handle isintroduced into the socket 7 of the Jack 8, with the blade in nearlyhorizontal position as shown in Fig. l, and the Lsaid blade may beengagedby the foot to `operate the jack from the standing position.

In use as a wrench, the openings are engaged with the nuts 9, the devicebeing especially adapted for releasing the holding lugs 10 todemountableriins. The blade may be used as a scraper, or for shovelingdirt, and either the blade or the handle may be used as a tire tool toassist in replacing or removing A rims. Y f

The improved. tool is extremely simple, may be cheaply manufactured, andserves a variety of purposes in connection with a motor vehicle.

I claim: i

A. jack operating tool comprising an integral metallic structureincluding a iiat rec-V tangular blade having extending'froin one Vendthereof an elongated reduced portion constituting a handle, said handlehaving its free end offset to deiine a shoulder, the handle beinginsertible into a j ack structure with the shoulder serving asa stop toliinit thefdegree of insertion, and said blade serv- D ing'as a footpedal. Y

FRANK HARGREAvEs i-IILLIAED.V n

